Shoujo Art Studio: Everything You Need to Create Your Own Shoujo Manga Comics

Manga is the world's most popular visual art€”and within it, there's a subgenre dedicated to teenage girls about teenage girls€”shoujo manga. From serialized soap operas about everyday girl drama or a high school swim team that transforms into magical warriors fighting for love and justice, there's no limit to what you can write or draw about, though typically there's a main heroine, a cute love interest, a best friend, and a geeky guy who has a crush on the main character. All of the characters are supremely adorable, with the trademark big, expressive manga eyes and cool outfits. Now, creating this popular genre is easier than ever with this ultimate guide that includes a CD to help you draw your own shoujo stories. From background scenes, speech balloons, color choices, accessories, tones, and effects (like speedlines), the CD offers a huge variety of templates you can work with in Photoshop and Illustrator and customize to your liking and your unique s

YISHAN LI is a professional manga artist whose work has been published worldwide. She draws the monthly strip The Adventures of CG! for CosmoGIRL, and her Beijing-based company, Yishan Studio, is made up of a small group of artists who have worked on many manga titles in the United States.